It's voluntary.

But most importantly, it's voluntary.

Do you get any funding or support or is it a volunteer run site?

Here is a photo of Nazar Ahari doing volunteer work for an association supporting street kids and child laborers.

Many have raised eyebrows at the idea of a newspaper that existed for years voluntarily closing itself down.

When I have time, I like to read books, do voluntary work, and lately blog.

At Global Voices we work at the intersections of citizen media, information production, and volunteer communities.

UNICEF is playing an important role in supporting the design and scaling up of voluntary confidential counselling and testing services.

In addition, democratic processes in some countries have given rise to the formation of national consultative groups, which usually operate on a voluntary basis.

We do get a nominal amount of support from advertisers, but all the bloggers write on a voluntary basis. I was responsible for start up costs and now the monthly costs to maintain it.

Civil society has also been active in establishing volunteer centres in such countries as Cape Verde and Egypt, while a volunteer information and communication technology centre was created in Jordan.

How can one distinguish a donation that is voluntary and altruistic from one that is forced or coerced from, for example, a submissive spouse, an in law, a servant, a slave, an employee?

Yet badgering or jailing journalists is no way to resolve what could be handled through a voluntary media council or independent ombudsman.